Water-wheel turbine



. s. STARR WATER WHEEL TURBINE June 5, 1928.

Filed Jun e, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l mvENToR E. 51 fqrf.

ATTORNEY Jue 5, 1928.

E. S. STARR WATER WHEEL TURBINE Filed June e, 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR E. JJM/v.

ATTORNEY Patented June 5v, 1928".` o

PAT-ENT;LoFFIc-VE.

ELNATHAN Vs.. STARR, or'coBoNa, icanrjromrin.4 l

.Application 1.a' June. 6,:1'927. r`serial No. 196,846.

The .invention primarily has v.for its Object: to` provide avv water'wheel turbine 'of a simple andfefcient 'constructionin' which'vm'eans is .f provided for obtaining a maximum of jforce v -`upon thels'aid'hub. The rings are. spaced .a short distance apart to provide va relatively from a head of water with fa minimum. of frictionor resistance.

In .its f moredetailed y. nature the inventiony Seeks .to .provide a ,hewfand improved Water wheelturbinev structure lin whicha waterf wheel ,o f narrow ringlike character' may be.:` employed and.;` iny which lan`r end, delivery. scrollcalg Ofpe'culiardesignis utilized to-,deliver the impellingwater Vto the wheel. through a `plurality 4of jets yor nozzlesformedjl inlarib depending fronth@ ,CeSilggHtO ai groove Y. 'in the@ Wheel.' aber@ th f blades" 0.11H vanos thereofland which "re`ceive and delverf Waterlfromthe casing at 0r Hear tsfgreatest.

diameter with .the 'abolvlland .other Objects, .if'viefw parts, all of whichv willbe firstfully 'de sibed, thenbe particularly minted mit in theappeldedlans, referen'efbeirlg had t0,

. Figure y14 is. an ,elevationl disclosing .aimeans Ofadapting theinvtion to use;

Eigur'e 2 is aplanview ofthe water.wh-eel.V

'Fgrelisaliinverted P12111. View Ofthe any particularpoint 'ispartlally-circular wate'rideliveringscroll casing.

Figure; 4- is., a detail. i Cross. seton.. taken through@ portion of. theicasing and water Wh'eelg" f y Figure 5 isa' developed. Setin taken through, Severalf. blades! 'adlrflzzles Of. thisA Wheelndcasngrespectively-- Figureis a horizontal section takenj'centrallythrough; thescroll Casing-f. `Fg11re-7 'S' f1.1.t'21-i1'vertcalflalf` wheel. section. illustrating; 'a modified arrangement' Ofthenventon. "i

' Figure-Sis ra diagranijrnatie` sectional development' ofthe Casing', illustrating-25 Infodi-l v idlidisch'argeslot arrangements.

r11-the drawings-1in; whjchgnkg mine-rais 0f reference indicate llike.Parts"1.1f.11,10f .the gures. 1.. indicates. Suppiftlfigy buttreSSeS wliich' may,V ifdesired, ybe constructed! to provide 'a water takefoflo'r spillway 2Q' "A central isupporting column f3 is' providednand l a power,v shaft'4 is vertically inountedthere,-` upon in any Suitable. .finder thrust bearing 5, 'a suitable. upperI end; bearing 161 being.' als!) afterfdescribed.' ,l The blades'are positionedwitli theirup.- l

i vAyftulrbine 4water 'wheel 'is secured upon 'the shaft lland .includes'a hub 7 .keyed'to the said `shaftandnequipped with va spider Sffor i supporting the spaced Aperipheral'rings 9 narrow water: passageway'in. which' suitable bladesforvanes '10 are. mounted in spaced I relation; fand directedy l`reverse'ly,y or downwarollyz rearwardly considerin the. direction of rotationf'to kbe forward. yhe blades are curved j at `their upper ends'as at "1ll andare sharpened sol asitof'reduce water resistance to the minimum and-thereby presented vaxially toward'the `water impelhng'nozzles herein!k per ends shorto the ring'topsjlso asto provide anjannular space or.. groove. 123430- receive the-annularrib 13 depending from thecasi'ng14- Asv will be'obser'ved fromthe drawings they casing A`is yscroll shaped 'with' its out-er.' .peripheral 1 wall* bein beingjof gradually diminis ing cross r`sec tionalarea from its. entrant end indicated at l5 into which water-.isjreceived -from'fany i suitable supply pipe connected with a; source of supply suitablyfelevated to its terminus positioned closely adjacent the said entrant end. 1 f

`Thel crossA se'c'tionalfare'a of'y they casing at 'circular f andVL its juncturewith'the other-flat portion and consequentlyis positioned for receiving water'fr'om the pocket Al7through` the jet ori- .fices 18Hformed' in the said rib and being projected` therethrough annularly downward i into the blades `ofthe water wheel.A

The orifices are of ilarger diameter inside the` casing than they area-ththeir discharge ends and "if desired a vsmall li y 1 9' may be raised at'the advanced side Q each orifice receiving end to tend to facilitate thepasysage of waterv jinto the saidorifices 'to be directed forcefully'against/the water wheel blades, K i. i Sull/@ble [Supports -20fmayv be provided for supporting the casing upon the buttresses l and a bevel gear 2l may be `mounted on the shaft 4c and caused to mesh with ya bevel gear 22 on any suitable power take-off" shaft 23 .which may be equipped withA a take-off pulley 24 for applying the power setup by the rotating wheel to any desired practical use.

, By providing the casing scroll-shaped with its peripheral wall forming a true `circle and the gradually diminishing cross sectional area feature being provided for by changes in the v inner wall dimensions, a

more truly circular path for the inrushing water that will set up theleast possible resistance is provided', and by providing the flatfaces .forming the annularpocket the water will lbe naturally forced into the said pocketl by centrifugal force and delivered therefrom at its maximum force; Also by delivering the water from the greatest diameter Iofthe'scroll casing maximum leverage andmore power`v is obtained with a l minimum of friction vor other resistance.

By formingthe nozzles in the depending rib the power. applying water jets or nozzles are directed `toward the blades in a manner for utilizing the maximum of their power applying potentialities and` by rpositioning the blades as indicated at substantially right angle reversely kdirected positions .and by curving and sharpening edges of the blades into substantially axial alignment with the nozzles, means is provided for receiving the maximum force of the water jets without tendency toward waste or loss vof power` by waste of'water over the blades and between the wheel and casing.

While I have disclosed the wheel as operatingin ahorizontal plane around avertical axis it is to be understood that the same may be mounted to operate on a horizontal axis to rotate in a vertical plane without departing from the principles of the invention.;

lIf desired the rib through which the de-l V liveryy casing discharges may be formed on the outer or peripheralA flat face thereofl to discharge into a horizontally rotatable turbine wheel 25., Also, the discharge may be effected through slots 26 instead of the orifices if found practical. See Figures 7 and 8.

From the foregoing descriptiomtaken in connection with the accompanying draw` from the circularI portion and "joining to form an angle, an annular rib depending juncture. with theother flaty portion, and having nozzle orices therethrough to deliver' from one flat portion closely adjacent its having an entrant throat and a terminus and its cross sectional area gradually diminishing from the entrant throat to the terminus,

the peripheral diameter of said'casing remaining constant while'the remaining portions' thereof are diminishingto form thescroll.

2. In a device of the character described, a water delivery casing of the scrolly type having a cross Sectional area partially'circular and havingtwo iiat portions projecting from the circular 'portion and joining to form an angle, an annular rib` depending from one fiat portionnclosely' adjacent .its

juncture'with the 'other flat portion, and having nozzle orifices v'therethrough to deliver the water from thel angle formed by the flat portions through said rib, a rotatable water wheel having spaced ring wall s,"vanes Y between the walls land terminating s hortof` the tops of the walls to forman annular groove to receive the depending 'ribwliereby the nozzle orices discharge will be 'directed against the vanes to rotate lthe wheel. j v

3. In a device` ofthe character described,

a ywater delivery casing of the' scroll typehaving a cross sectional area partially circu-f lar and havingtwo flat portions projecting from the lcircular portion and joining ,tot form an' angle, an' annular lrib depending" from one flatv portion closely adjacent. its i juncture withl the other fiat portion, 'and having nozzle oric'es therethroughto de'liverl the water fromthe angle formed by the-Hat s portions through said rib, a rotatable water` wheel having spaced ringwalls, vanes' between the walls and terminating shortA of the tops of the walls to form an V.annular groove to receive the depending rib whereby the nozzlev orifices dischargeswill be directed against the vanes torotate the wheel, said nozzle oriiices being larger at their receiving ends than at their `discharge ends' and directed downwardly angularly into the "water wheel, and said wheelpvanes being positioned at approximate' right angles to the axesgof the nozzle orifices ,andcurve'd and sharpened at their upper ends to align with said'oriiices axes'as they are passed.

4. Adevice of thefcharacter described comprisinga water ldelivering casing, awater turbinewheel associatedl with the casing, and

formingan angular peripheraly pocket into which the water is forced bythe centrifugal force set vup by itsv motion, vanesonthe Wheel, and nozzles for delivering Water. from the angular pocket against the vanes of the Wheel for the purposes specified. Y

5. In a device ofthe characterdescribed, a Water delivery casing of the scroll type having a cross sectional area partially circular and having two flat portions projecting from the lcircular portion andl joining to a form an angle7 one of said fiat rportions ing at least one discharge opening for the purpose speciied, the axis of kwhich opening lies parallel to the other of said lat portions and inclined to the plane of the flat portion in Which the opening lies. v I

a water delivery casing of the scroll type having a cross sectional area partially circular and having-two at portlons projecting from the circularl portion and joining to form 4an angle, an annular lrib rojecting `from one flat portion closely a jacent its juncture with the other flat portion, and. having openings therethrough to deliver the Water from the angle formed by the flat portions'through said rib, the axes of said openings lying parallel to the other Hat porvtion and inclined to the flat portion having ELNATHAN s. situait. c" l the openings. 

